Inspect Point Webinar- Optimize your Business Practices (March 31st 11AM) John Mackey john@mackeygroupllc.com mackeygroupllc.com FULL TRANSCRIPT Drew Slocum: ( 00:08 ): This is episode 20 of the Fire Protection Podcast, powered by Inspect Point. Today, my guest is John Mackey. John is the owner of the Mackey Group, l l c. It's a fire protection consulting business. Um, I actually had John on about a year ago. Uh, he was on the second podcast and went really well. A lot of listens to that. Um, Jo...
Mar 30, 2020•43 min•Ep. 20
Full Transcript Drew Slocum: ( 00:09 ): This is episode 19 of the Fire Protection Podcast, powered by Inspect Point. Today I sit down with Chris Logan of the Fire Sprinkler Podcast, so it's actually brought to you by the Fire Sprinkler Podcast as well. Um, Chris and I did a dual podcast on Friday. Try to make it a little bit fun since we're, we're, we've been stuck in, uh, uh, containment for, uh, uh, the last, uh, week and coming up on two weeks here. So, uh, no new news since Friday. Luckily, ...
Mar 24, 2020•31 min•Ep. 19
Full Transcript Drew Slocum: ( 00:10 ): This is episode 18 of the Fire Protection Podcast, powered by Inspect Point. Today, my guests are Lisa Saltzman and Tom Doty of Fire Tech or Fire Tech Productions. It's a training tool for fire protection, both online, in person. Uh, they do a bunch of nice set prep as well. Very intrigued of what they're doing. Um, you know, there's a lot of different manufacturers out there that do training, but, uh, fire tech is kind of a, a, a virtual or in person way ...
Mar 20, 2020•44 min•Ep. 18
Full Transcript Drew Slocum: ( 00:08 ): This is episode 17 of the Fire Protection Podcast, powered by Inspect Point. Today my guest is Rob Read. Rob is the president and owner of Bison Fire Protection. He's also the host of the Into the Fire, uh, video podcast on YouTube. Um, soon to be coming out on all podcast channels, but wanted to chat with Rob a little bit about his experience in the, the Fire protection podcasting world. It's a small knit group with, uh, Chris Logan, myself. And, uh, ther...
Feb 20, 2020•52 min•Ep. 17
Introductions Why does the extinguisher market needs to change? Who are the main stakeholders in the process? What are the next steps for The Eliminator? Quick Response Round Full Transcript Drew Slocum: ( 00:07 ): This is episode 16 of the Fire Protection Podcast, powered by Spec Point. Today, my guests are from the Russo Eliminator Fire Extinguisher Company. It's a new product to the extinguisher market to really, uh, hopefully change some, uh, ideas in the fire extinguisher world. It's, uh, i...
Jan 30, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 16
Full Transcript Drew Slocum: ( 00:09 ): This is episode 15 of the Fire Protection Podcast, powered by Inspect Point. Today, my guest is Dave Brown. Dave is the founder and president of Novo Solutions. Novo Solutions is a mobile field service management solution. Essentially, what that is, is a, he's a consultant, uh, for different types of businesses, mainly in field service, uh, fire protection, pest control, H V A C, uh, wide variety of, of different, uh, field service services out there. He p...
Dec 17, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 15
Full Transcript Drew Slocum: ( 00:09 ): This is episode 14 of the Fire Protection Podcast, powered by Inspect Point. Today, my guests are Doug Nadeau and Chris Crivello of R Engineering. Rand Engineering is a fire protection engineering firm in upstate New York, outside of Albany. And we, today's discussion is all is, is kind of, uh, couple different topics. One, it starts off with engineering ethics, mainly on the fire protection side of things. And just in general, as a professional engineer, ...
Nov 14, 2019•58 min•Ep. 14
Full Transcript Drew Slocum: ( 00:09 ): This is episode 13 of the Fire Protection Podcast, powered by Inspect Point. Today my guest is Matt Rice. Matt is the CEO and Co-founder of Bryer, the compliance engine. I wanted to have Matt on to discuss the compliance engine, mainly cuz it's a kind of a newer idea in the fire protection industry where, um, there are different software solutions out there that are being provided to the, uh, HJS fire departments and other entities, uh, throughout the coun...
Oct 31, 2019•51 min•Ep. 13
Full Transcript Drew Slocum: ( 00:09 ): This is episode 12 of the Fire Protection Podcast, powered by Inspect Point. Today, my guest is Devin O'Leary. Devin is a training manager at Johnson Controls up in Cranston, Rhode Island. He heads up the training center, the Frederick Grinnell Education Center in Cranston, which houses a lot of, uh, the Tyco product, the Johnson Controls product now, uh, training facility for Sprinkler, mainly sprinkler, some suppression, uh, huge fire pump room, uh, live...
Sep 27, 2019•52 min•Ep. 12
Full Transcript Drew Slocum: ( 00:09 ): This is episode 11 of the Fire Protection Podcast, powered by Inspect Point. Today, my guest is Todd Stevens. Todd is the head of Special Hazards for the JC Canister Company in Watertown, Massachusetts. Todd and I go back a few years from our old Viking days and our old, uh, competition days at Tyco and Viking, but Todd's a very big wealth of knowledge in the special hazards industry. He also sits on the board of F S S A throughout the us. So today we disc...
Aug 19, 2019•47 min•Ep. 11
Full Episode Drew Slocum: ( 00:09 ): This is episode 10 of the Fire Protection Podcast, powered by Inspect Point. Today, the topic is clearing the air. So I came up with clearing air a few months ago. I wanted to get a bunch of different , um, professionals from fire protection in a room together. Uh, not only corrosion. We've got, um, a fire protection contractor. A couple of them. We have a fire protection engineer. Uh, we have a nitrogen, uh, generating manufacturer, south Tech. Uh, we also h...
Jun 28, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 10
Online stores and E-Commerce have been significant innovations for other industries but why not in fire protection? QRFS is one of the leaders in this space allowing anyone to purchase material for a fire protection project. Facility managers and building owners are key customers of QRFS, but the fire protection contractor can quickly order material as well. Full Transcript Drew Slocum: ( 00:09 ): This is episode 9 of the Fire Protection Podcast, powered by Inspect Point. Today my guest is Jason...
Jun 24, 2019•40 min•Ep. 9
Full Transcript Drew Slocum: ( 00:09 ): This is episode 8 of the Fire Protection Podcast, powered by Inspect Point. Today, my guest is Sean Mullen. Sean is the president and Chief Energy Officer of ProTech Central. We get into the Chief Energy Officer right off the bat, but Sean was a great guest. He's been an integral part of NFPA seven 70. NFPA 70 70 is the new Water Mist hybrid, uh, technology that is coming about the new standards, uh, being introduced, uh, later this year. So, pretty topica...
Jun 13, 2019•41 min•Ep. 8
Luke and Drew sit down to catch up and chat about HVAC ducting fire protection. In the fire protection industry we are used to active systems such as suppression and sprinkler. Conquest FireSpray manufacturers and distributes a coated HVAC ducting system that surpasses other methods of gaining a fire rating on a ventilation system. Full Transcript Drew Slocum: ( 00:09 ): This is episode 7 of the Fire Protection Podcast, powered by Inspect Point. Today my guest is Luke Connery. Luke is the Vice P...
May 31, 2019•48 min•Ep. 7
EP4.2 - Drew talks with Martin Workman, VP of Product Management at Viking, about his involvement in tunnel fire protection. Martin also explains his involvement on a variety of NFPA committees. Foam fire protection is discussed in part 2 of the interview. Recently there have been some changes to foam protection in NFPA and with a bunch of new products. Full Transcript Drew Slocum: ( 00:09 ): This is episode six part two of the Fire Protection Podcast, powered by Inspect Point. We continue our t...
May 13, 2019•26 min•Ep. 6
In the wake of the tragedy in Paris, France, Drew talks with Patrick Bowe, of Abco Peerless Sprinkler Company. Patrick was heavily involved in the design, coordination and installation of the water mist system protecting St Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. Historical landmarks and the fire protection designs around them are discussed. Full Episode Drew Slocum: ( 00:09 ): This is episode five of the Fire Protection Podcast, powered by Inspect Point. Today my guest is Patrick Bowe , Vice Pres...
Apr 23, 2019•30 min•Ep. 5
EP4 - Drew talks with Martin Workman, VP of Product Management at Viking, about his involvement in tunnel fire protection. Lately the US and other parts of the world have seen an increase in fire protection in commuter tunnels. Martin also explains his involvement on a variety of NFPA committees. Foam fire protection is discussed in part 2 of the interview. Recently there have been some changes to foam protection in NFPA and with a bunch of new products. Full Transcript Drew Slocum: ( 00:09 ): T...
Apr 18, 2019•25 min•Ep. 4
Drew sits down with John Mackey, Director of Digital Strategy and Acquisition at Hiller, to chat about the new transition in the industry from a service contractor's viewpoint. Being involved in a variety of different positions within fire protection John discusses the challenges for the industry in the next 10 years and where things are heading. Full Transcript Drew Slocum: ( 00:09 ): This is episode three of the Fire Protection Podcast, powered by Spec Point. Today my guest is John Mackey. Joh...
Apr 05, 2019•33 min•Ep. 3
Drew sits down with Phil Gunning, director of training for Globe, to discuss where innovation in the fire protection industry comes from. Having a strategic plan to design, manufacture and release a new product is key. Phil also gets into Globe and a few of the new products they are launching. Full Transcript Drew Slocum: ( 00:09 ): This is episode two of the Fire Protection Podcast, powered by Inspect Point. Today my guest is Phil Gunning of Globe Fire Sprinkler. Phil is the Director of Trainin...
Apr 05, 2019•36 min•Ep. 2
An introduction to the Fire Protection Podcast starts with 3 of the 4 co-founders (Padraic Doyle - CEO, Drew Slocum - VP of Bus Dev, & Jennifer Doyle - VP of Customer Success) of Inspect Point. They get into where the idea spurred from and how they got into the business. Drew gives a sneak peek into what topics and discussions he will be doing over the next few months. Full Transcript Drew Slocum: ( 00:09 ): This is episode one of the Fire Protection Podcast, powered by Inspect Point. I'm he...
Apr 05, 2019•23 min•Ep. 1
